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====== Research and Innovation in Cloud Computing ======

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The DSA (Distributed Systems Architecture) Research Group at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complutense_University_of_Madrid | Complutense University of Madrid]] conducts research in **advanced distributed computing and virtualization technologies for large-scale infrastructures and resource provisioning platforms**. 

Ongoing research lines address the challenges of **Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) Cloud Computing**: 
  * **Cloud architectures**
  * **Energy-efficient cloud computing**
  * **Cloud federation and interoperability**
  * **High Performance Computing (HPC) clouds**

DSA-Research group is a core partner and leader of the Activity on Management of Virtual Machines in the [[http://www.reservoir-fp7.eu/|RESERVOIR]] project, **flagship of European research initiatives in virtualized infrastructures and cloud computing**; leads the [[http://www.OpenNebula.org|OpenNebula Cloud Toolkit]], **widely used open-source technology to build cloud infrastructures**; and is a co-founder of the [[http://www.occi-wg.org|OGF Working Group on Cloud Computing Interface]]. The results of the research have been published in several **leading publications** on [[http://dsa-research.org/doku.php?id=publications:grid:virtualization|virtualization and cloud computing]], and members of the group participate in the Program Committee of the **most important workshops and conference in the research field**.

The [[http://dsa-research.org/doku.php?id=strategy:strategy|Strategy section]] describes the **complete research profile of the group since its foundation in 2002**.

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====== Fast Links ======

**Our blog**

  * [[http://blog.dsa-research.org|blog.dsa-research.org]]

**Technologies**

  * [[http://www.opennebula.org|OpenNebula Cloud Toolkit]]
  * [[http://www.gridway.org|GridWay Metascheduler]]

**Main Research Projects**

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  * [[http://www.reservoir-fp7.eu/|RESERVOIR: Resources and Services Virtualization without Barriers]]
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  * [[http://www.stratuslab.eu|StratusLab: Enhancing Grid Infrastructures with Cloud Computing]]
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  * [[http://4caast.morfeo-project.org/|4CaaSt - Building the PaaS Cloud of the Future]]
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  * [[http://www.bonfire-project.com/|BonFIRE - Building Service Testbeds on FIRE]]
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  * [[http://www.ige-project.eu/|IGE - Initiative for Globus in Europe]]